How do you make a Global Leaderboard using python?

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I’m planning on making a text based game with a global leaderboard feature, however, I am quite new to python so I don’t have the knowledge to code one.

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If you don’t have the knowledge to code one, you should probably at least share the repl link

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Im planning on making one. I haven’t really started on it rn.

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Storing data in a txt file is not global.

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What’s the difference between the two?

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Files aren’t saved between repl forks, and, when run from the cover page, it is run as a “Ghost Fork”. No changes to the owner’s repl, it’s a temporary copy.

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Thanks for clarifying I thought they were the same thing all this time

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@j7jhj Since you’re coding in Python, you could use the Replit Database.

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I heard that the database actually ghost forks too so if a user updates the database from the cover page, it won’t actually do anything to the Repl. I know for certain that databases do not fork with the Repl.

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You need a database, and one that is not repl specific. I would say frst try to learn how to manage a database (pick one of the many free ones that are out there, do not use the replit datastore)

This is my favourie:
https://www.mongodb.com/languages/python/pymongo-tutorial

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